Mostly because your boat is not connected to the interweb.I'm not a techno geek but if they can hijack your RING doorbell, who's to say they can't hijack your autopilot.
Mostly because your boat is not connected to the interweb.I'm not a techno geek but if they can hijack your RING doorbell, who's to say they can't hijack your autopilot.
Simrad and Raymarine MFDs can connect to the internet via a Wi-Fi access point or mobile hotspot. This is used for updating firmware, etc.Mostly because your boat is not connected to the interweb.
What? Sanctioned as in condoned/protected, or sanctioned as in placed penalties upon? And what is the source of such information? I don't put much stock in "it appears that". Way too much misinformation these days.Reading some of the press reports on this event but Garmin hasn’t made a detailed statement so it sure of the “facts” but...
it appears that the source of the ransomware might be an entity that has been “sanctioned” by the USA gov. Assuming that’s factual the company might NOT be able to pay the ransom even if they wanted to.
Crazy world we are in folks!
Feel free to investigate. I did NOT attempt to claim that what I read and passed on was “factual” not trying to con anyone!!!!What? Sanctioned as in condoned/protected, or sanctioned as in placed penalties upon? And what is the source of such information? I don't put much stock in "it appears that". Way too much misinformation these days.
Even then it’s generally behind a marina’s router that prevents it from being publicly available or addressable. It establishes an outbound connection straight to the vendor and downloads the update file. At least in the case of Simrad (probably Raymarine too but I haven’t checked) there are also integrity checks applied before installing the firmware, so it can’t be tampered with along the way. So the attacking threat is still pretty limited to those in proximity of the WiFi network or with pretty sophisticated skills.Simrad and Raymarine MFDs can connect to the internet via a Wi-Fi access point or mobile hotspot. This is used for updating firmware, etc.
It happens.Wow, someone screwed up!
Will Garmin Pay $10 Million Ransom To End Two-Day Outage?
Garmin is reportedly being asked to pay a $10 million ransom to free its systems from a cyberattack that has taken down many of its services for two days.www.forbes.com
+1 on this. Yesterday I was in a marina next to another transient in a beautiful Catalina 445. Nice live aboard couple. I went to my VictronConnect app to check my solar output and without realizing it I clicked on his solar charger and it logged me right in - default password. I could see and control everything in there. If I wanted to be malicious I could’ve shut off the panel voltage, or worse, changed the charging profile to their batteries and damaged or destroyed them. How about making the solar panel think it was charging a 24 volt system? Changing bulk, float and absorption voltages? Yikes!!!The RING doorbell, like the home security coameras, are connected to your WIFI. You can connect with your computer or other WIFI device. The problem is when people install them and don't change the default password. They are visible on the internet and hackers cruise around until they find one with the default password still in place. Your autopilot on the boat even though connected to other devices on board on WIFI, you would unlikely have internet connection. Someone would have to be very close to your boat in order to take control.
Signal being inferred as “logging onto their” wifi, and then scanning the network, and then finding the device and using the broadcast ip address, and the associated name, knowing what it is snd hopping into it with the default password?tfox,
So you inadvertently (sic) logged into another boats signal using the "default password"?
At what point did you realize you were in someone else's network, when you used the password?
And what is a "default password"?
I'd like to check to make sure I don't have any enabled.
My devices used the default pin as well - I hadn’t changed it, so clicking on the other boat’s device, with a very similar default name, automatically logged me in with the default pin - no prompting to enter a pin. Lazy1 has it right, I didn’t log into anyone’s wi-fi - these are Bluetooth devices, so they appear in the VictronConnect software when you open it, without you logging into anything. I’ve since changed my default pins and device names as a result of realizing how easy it was to do this accidentally. I can also now clearly see which devices are associated with my boat instead of the confusingly similar default names.Signal being inferred as “logging onto their” wifi, and then scanning the network, and then finding the device and using the broadcast ip address, and the associated name, knowing what it is snd hopping into it with the default password?
did we miss sonething @tfox2069 ?
Are you saying that a shipboard device like Simrad can connect to home base using an available marina wi fi connection which is secure, requiring a password? I also use a device that connects to the cell phone network for web access when we are aboard and away from the marina. Is that device usable by other devices nearby although it is secure?Even then it’s generally behind a marina’s router that prevents it from being publicly available or addressable. It establishes an outbound connection straight to the vendor and downloads the update file. At least in the case of Simrad (probably Raymarine too but I haven’t checked) there are also integrity checks applied before installing the firmware, so it can’t be tampered with along the way. So the attacking threat is still pretty limited to those in proximity of the WiFi network or with pretty sophisticated skills.
The devices can be configured by the user to connect to secured or open WiFi networks. They won’t just do it automatically- the WiFi network has to be selected from the device, and the password entered of there is one.Are you saying that a shipboard device like Simrad can connect to home base using an available marina wi fi connection which is secure, requiring a password?
The network you’re creating will only be usable if you provide the password and it’s entered into the clients.I also use a device that connects to the cell phone network for web access when we are aboard and away from the marina. Is that device usable by other devices nearby although it is secure?
Thank you for clarifying.The devices can be configured by the user to connect to secured or open WiFi networks. They won’t just do it automatically- the WiFi network has to be selected from the device, and the password entered of there is one.
The network you’re creating will only be usable if you provide the password and it’s entered into the clients.
LOL! Nothing inadvertent about getting beyond ”seeing” that networkSo you inadvertently (sic) logged into another boats signal using the "default password"?
As soon as I clicked on the panel history I realized I wasn’t in my device - he clearly had much more solar than I do - but that was the first indicator something was amiss.LOL! Nothing inadvertent about getting beyond ”seeing” that network